July was a busy month. I knit far more than I wrote, so today’s finished object hasn’t even seen the light of the blog. I’m talking about Canopy, one of my make nine projects for the year.

When I was pulling from stash for my make nine, I had originally pulled out lots of potential shawl yarns. I decided that perhaps I had a little too much pink, so opted to utilize this beautiful gold yarn to reknit one of my favorite shawls.

This is Woolfolk Tynd in Gold – those are fifty gram skeins, by the way. I wound up a skein and got going. After a few rows I was concerned so I knit through the first chart and took another look. The sweater is knit at a decently large gauge and I just wasn’t loving it in this yarn. So I decided to try casting it on in something else and comparing.

This is Quince & Co. Chickadee in Petal – also fifty gram skeins. This was actually orginally purchased for another Canopy back in 2020 and I just never got around to it. So I cast on again and knit up to the same place.

And here they are, side by side. The gold isn’t bad, it just somehow isn’t what I had in mind. So I frogged the gold and continued on in the pink.

Once I made the decision, I pushed on through the full chart to be sure. 2020 Cortney knew what she was doing, this is a great pattern to yarn match.

I remember distinctly from the first time I knit this pattern that I just adored the applied border. I haven’t knit many applied borders and believe me, they are not speedy in any way, but boy was this satisfying. It took me a while, I actually finished the shawl while I was down in NC with family. Once I got home, I wove in the ends and blocked it and now it’s all done and ready for some cool nights!

Eek! It’s so sweet and pretty. The pattern is Canopy by Melody Hoffmann. I adore the simple texture and the little traingle border. I really loved knitting this the first time and it was high on my re-knit list because it’s so darned wearable. I love a traingle shawl – that’s definitely my favorite to wear. Don’t worry, I’ve picked out a lovely little traingle shawl for the gold yarn, we’ll consider that a stretch goal for my make nine.

There you have it, friends. Number 5 in my make nine is all done! I’m going to need to get sewing, I’m running through all the knits on the list!

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Happy making!